Inertialess instability of a two-layer liquid film flow

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 652-663

  Jiang, W Y ^a   Helenbrook, B ^a   Lin, S P ^a  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; FILM GROWTH; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS; VISCOUS FLOW; WAVE EFFECTS;

LAYER VISCOSITY; LIQUID FILM FLOW; MECHANICAL ENERGY EQUATION;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

INSTABILITY; LIQUID FILM; LIQUID FLOW; NEWTONIAN FLUID; STRATIFICATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 1842843131     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1642657     Document Type: Article

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